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Sporting CP defeats SC Braga in a thrilling match
Braga, Portugal – Sporting CP secured a 4-2 victory over SC Braga in a thrilling match at the Estádio Municipal de Braga. The encounter was characterized by intensity, with numerous scoring opportunities and yellow cards.
SC Braga took the lead in the 20th minute with a goal from Ricardo Horta, assisted by Bruma. Horta himself scored the second goal for Braga in the 45th minute.
However, Sporting CP did not let themselves be intimidated and reacted strongly in the second half. Hidemasa Morita narrowed the gap in the 58th minute, and Morten Hjulmand equalized in the 81st minute.
Cristian Harder sealed the match with two goals in the final minutes, the first in the 89th minute and the second in the 90th minute.
Sporting CP dominated possession with 71% compared to SC Braga’s 29%, which was reflected in the shot statistics, with 13 shots for the Lions and only 3 for Braga.
Referee Luís Godinho from Portugal showed 5 yellow cards to SC Braga and 4 to Sporting CP.
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Substitutions sporting cp: at minute 26 G. Catamo came in and P. Goncalves went out., at minute 46 J. St. Juste came in and Z. Debast went out., at minute 56 C. Harder came in and M. Araujo went out., at minute 56 H. Morita came in and D. Braganca went out., at minute 80 G. Inacio came in and Matheus Reis went out.
Substitutions sc braga: at minute 61 V. Gomez came in and R. Fernandes went out., at minute 61 R. Fernandez Jaen came in and A. El Ouazzani went out., at minute 90 I. Gharbi came in and J. Moutinho went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
SC Braga
Sporting CP
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